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ground ball

noun as in baseball hit on the ground

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His other 23 outs: 11 ground balls, a fly ball, a foul out, and that pickoff.

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Snell’s outing was a grind from the start, with Rushing misfiring to first base for an error in the first inning and Betts reacting slowly to a ground ball at shortstop to extend the second.

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But the first one was a ground ball from Jose Iglesias, just enough to get a runner home from third for the tying run.

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Not even teenagers yet, Ebel’s sons would be taking ground balls and shagging in the outfield during batting practice before the start of Dodger games.

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Then Jackson Chourio beat the shift on a ground ball the other way.

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